Paulo da Costa (writer)

Paulo da Costa, born in Angola and raised in Portugal, is a bilingual Canadian-Portuguese author, editor and translator living in Canada.[1]

Paulo da Costa
BornApril 1965
Luanda, Angola
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish and Portuguese
NationalityCanadian and Portuguese
Period1999 – present
Genrefiction, non-fiction, poetry
Notable worksThe Scent of a Lie, Beyond Bullfights and Ice Hockey, Learning to Shave, Learning to Leave
Notable awardsCommonwealth Writers Prize – Caribbean & Canada Region First Book, James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction, W.O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book Prize, Canongate Short-Fiction Prize
Website
www.paulodacosta.ca

Works

Fiction

  • Scent of a Lie - 2002 - Caribbean & Canada Commonwealth Writers Prize Best First Book 2003, 2002 W.O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book Prize, 2001 Cannongate Prize - Scotland.
  • O Perfume da Mentira - Livros Pé d'Orelha, 2012
  • The Green and Purple Skin of The World - Freehand Books, 2013
  • The Midwife of Torment & Other Stories, 55 sudden fictions – Guernica Editions, 2017

Non-Fiction

  • Beyond Bullfights and Ice Hockey, Essays on Identity, Language and Writing Culture, Boavista Press, 2015

Poetry

  • Notas-de-rodapé - Portuguese poems – Livros Pé d'Orelha, 2005

Literary translation

  • The Cartography of Being – Translated poems of Nuno Júdice 1970-2005 LPO 2012

Audio chapbooks

  • Notas-de-rodapé - Portuguese poems – Livros Pé d'Orelha 2005
  • Midwife of Torment & Other Stories - Livros Pé d'Orelha 2005
  • Twenty Poems – English Poems - Livros Pé d'Orelha – 2006
  • XX poemas - Portuguese poems - Livros Pé d'Orelha - 2006
  • The Book of Catalogues – Livros Pé d'Orelha - 2010

Awards

  • 2020 James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction
  • 2003 Caribbean & Canada Region Commonwealth Writers Prize – First Book
  • 2002 W.O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book Prize
  • 2001 Canongate Short-Fiction Prize (Scotland)
  • 1999 CBC Alberta Anthology – Short Story

Portuguese

  • 2003 ProVerbo . Prémio – Poesia (Poetry Prize – Portuguese)
  • 2003 ProVerbo . Prémio – Conto (Short-Story Prize – Portuguese)

References

  1. Donnelly, Brian (18 August 2001). "A wealth of talent among literary prize-winners". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 28 July 2012.

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  1. Irene Marques, "Calling Us into Seeing and Being More: “Me” and the World", Canadian Writers Abroad, October 16, 2017
  2. Open Book, "On Writing, with paulo da costa", Open Book, June 06, 2017
  3. Writers’ Guild of Alberta, "The 2020 Alberta Literary Awards, Writers’ Guild of Alberta, June 04, 2020
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